An enraged tree surgeon tipped more than a quarter of a ton of trimmings onto a customer's lawn - as revenge when she reportedly 'refused to pay £40' as she her hedge wasn't pruned in the shape she wanted.
Jamie Young of A1 Tree Surgeons of Whitworth, Lancashire, near Rochdale, says he suspected something was amiss when the woman 'hid' inside her house during and after last week's job.
Four days later Jamie claims he received a text from the miffed customer declaring she wouldn't be paying for the work done at her property on the outskirts of Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
The woman reportedly said the 'uneven and unsymmetrical' work wasn't in her desired Christmas tree shape - despite Jamie insisting he told her that it would be impossible to do beforehand.
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